Issue 14 of SOMETHING ABOUT ROCKS magazine celebrates "Hip Hop & Fashion" and explores the symbiotic and interconnected worlds of fashion, street culture, and jewelry.

Hip hop has always been more than just beats and rhymes; it's about expression and breaking with norms. This individual street spirit is reflected in jewelry, and this issue—with several covers—is dedicated to this "glamour":

In "Something About Rocks," legendary rapper Slick Rick talks about returning to his London roots with his first new album in 26 years, collaborating with Idris Elba, Giggs, and Nas, his love of jewelry, and what the future holds.

Richard Walters (born January 14, 1965 in London), better known by his stage names Slick Rick, MC Ricky D, and The Ruler, is a British-American East Coast rapper and considered a significant old-school MC. As a baby, he lost his right eye due to broken glass. He has worn an eye patch ever since.

Slick said in his extensive and exclusive interview with "pn" magazine about his collaboration with Idris Elba: "He took me to England and France, and we just started recording in his private studio and a few other places where he works when he's not making movies...We had a blast. And suddenly, the result was just worthy of release.

[Idris Elba] likes authentic music...He's hip-hop. He walks like us, talks like us, dresses like us. He's pretty much us."

Rapper and producer Swizz Beatz discusses his jewelry collaboration with Brazilian jeweler Ara Vartanian, his memories of his mentor, legendary rapper DMX, and the return of Verzuz with Timbaland.

Harriet Slater, star of the Outlander spin-off "Blood of My Blood," tells us what to expect from the new series, her love of Tiffany & Co. jewelry, and the magic of time travel.

George Farmer, star of the hit Netflix series "Wednesday," tells us what to expect from the second season of the hit Netflix series, what it was like working with Tim Burton, Steve Buscemi, and Billie Piper, and his love of Rolex watches.

'Something About Rocks' is a consumer jewelry design magazine that offers a fresh, modern, and accessible fashion and design perspective on the world of jewelry. The magazine is published quarterly and is distributed worldwide through luxury newsstands, specialty bookstores, and subscriptions.

SOMETHING ABOUT ROCKS: FALL 2025 – The current issue of the jewelry magazine "Something About Rocks" is now available in stores worldwide.

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The Spring 2025 issue of Something About Rocks has just hit global newsstands. The current issue is dedicated to “The Creators” – a celebration of those shaping the future of the jewellery industry. Since its launch in 21, it has continued to disrupt the world of jewellery.

The latest issue explores the exciting evolution of the jewellery industry, as new brands and fashion houses expand their offerings into high jewellery, fine jewellery, and semi-fine collections. This shift is attracting both traditional jewellery buyers and fashion customers, significantly broadening the market.

"Never has jewellery been in a stronger position. Even in this downturn, jewellery is thriving. It’s the only area of luxury experiencing growth.” Ian Thorley, Editor-in-Chief Something About Rocks magazine

On the cover is Gwilym Lee, star of BBC’s SAS Rogue Heroes, who reflects on life on set, his role as a reluctant sex symbol, and his friendship with Bohemian Rhapsody co-star Rami Malek. Inside, there is an exclusive feature interview with rising star Asha Banks, who’s set to take centre stage in Amazon’s My Fault: London, alongside a stunning photo-shoot where she models Louis Vuitton’s latest fine jewellery collections.

Founder and Editor-In-Chief Ian Thorley also met eco-entrepreneur Dale Vince and his new luxury jewellery company Skydiamond. Something About Rocks’ Jewellery Director, and historian Vivienne Becker, explores the thrilling period which produced some of the greatest designer-jewellers of all time, including Jeanne Toussaint and Jean Schlumberger.

Content is added daily to the magazine’s website - spotlighting everything else jewellery related, from gems to watches to celebrity trends.

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03.02.2025 show complete article

The UNPUBLISHED PHOTO 2024 contest – Young photographers born between 1994 and 2006 still have the chance to submit their portfolios through 15 April. The contest is promoted by the Fondazione culture e musei and MUSEC Lugano. It is organized in collaboration with the gallery 29 ARTS IN PROGRESS in Milan, the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Venice, and is in partnership with the Fondazione Ada Ceschin e Rosanna Pilone in Zurich.

Unpublished Photo is a contest that embraces and seeks to attract new, young & emerging contemporary photographers between the ages of 18 and 30. Its aim is to promote and enhance the photographic art form through an initiative that seeks to support creativity without limits. For this reason, the contest does not specify a thematic guideline and welcomes works made using any photographic technique. Now in its fifth edition, the UP24 contest continues to attract a growing number of young artists from all over the world each year.

The initiative was first launched by the Milanese gallery 29 ARTS IN PROGRESS and then taken forward by MUSEC in Lugano in 2020 with the aim of strengthening cross-border collaboration and supporting the promotion of young artists and their work.

The winning works will be on display in an exhibition, held from 31 October 2024 to 2 March 2025, at MUSEC in Lugano – to attract collectors and photography enthusiasts while giving the public a chance to discover new trends and expressive voices in the international contemporary scene. A series of collateral events dedicated to photography enthusiasts will be organized to complement the exhibition. At the end of the exhibition in Lugano, the exhibited works will become part of the MUSEC collections, thus enriching a photographic heritage that today counts over 40,000 works from the mid-19th century to the present day.

Eligible to participate are photographers born between 1994 and 2006. Participants must submit an unpublished photographic portfolio, consisting of 10 images, from 12 February through 15 April 2024 (12am local time). There are no fees, the topic can be chosen freely, but projects must be stylistically and thematically coherent. Together with their portfolios, participants are required to submit a description and a biography outlining their relationship with photography. An online entry form is available here : fcmusei.ch/contest.

The UP24 contest will award the first place winner a cash prize of 3500 Swiss francs, and second to fourth place will receive 500 Swiss francs each. As a further award, all photographs submitted to the contest by the four winners will be featured in a catalogue published by the FCM. The costs of these activities aimed at adding value amount to 50,000 Swiss francs and are covered completely by the FCM.
 
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